سياسات الأئمة الزيديين وأساليبهم تجاه القبائل اليمنية (٥٥٦٦٠٢٨٤ )‎ (۸۹۷ ۱۱۷۰۰م)‎

Abstract EN

This paper deals with the policies of the Zaidi Imams and their ways of dealing with the Yamani Tribes.

The first axis of this study concentrates on the major policies and methods such as the religious speeches, the policies of divide and rule, the policy of terrorizing opponents, the policy of economic siege and the policy of composing poetry in praise of some tribes and threatening and slandering others.

Whereas the second axis deals with The consequences of the above-mentioned policies and methods, most important of which was the counter violence by some of the tribes that were opposed to the presence of the Alawite dynasty in Yamen in apparent reaction to the atrocities committed by the Alawite other result of that oppression was the growth of ethnic tribalism as a direct consequence of the supremacy and notability shown by the Alawite towards the Yamani Tribes.

The religious dialogue brought intellectual trends that rejected the notion of supremacy and honor the Alawites bestowed upon themselves, which resulted in the advent of the Matrafi sect, which rejected the privileges of the alawite and advocate the equality of all people.

The Alawite Imams fought this sect which represented a threat to prestige and status.